The 1914 machine gun, usually positioned on a flat tripod, would require a gun crew of four to six operators. In theory they could fire 400-600 small-calibre rounds per minute, a figure that was to more than double by the war's end, with rounds fed via a fabric belt or a metal strip. however was that these early machine guns would rapidly overheat and become inoperative without the aid of cooling mechanisms;(sometimes within two minutes), and consequence and the large supplies of water would need to be on hand in the heat of a battle - and, when these ran out
The 1914 machine gun, usually positioned on a flat tripod, would require a gun crew of four to six operators. In theory they could fire 400-600 small-calibre rounds per minute, a figure that was to more than double by the war's end, with rounds fed via a fabric belt or a metal strip. however was that these early machine guns would rapidly overheat and become inoperative without the aid of cooling mechanisms;(sometimes within two minutes), and consequence and the large supplies of water would need to be on hand in the heat of a battle - and, when these ran out